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Questlove Supreme travels to Atlanta to kick it with some of the city's musical architects. Organized Noize appears in a comprehensive two-parter. In Part 1, Rico Wade, Ray Murray, and Sleepy Brown discuss their approach to sampling, recall the early days of OutKast and the Dungeon Family, and have a few laughs about their formation. This conversation is not to be missed.
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0:00 - Questlove Supreme rollcall
3:50 - Questlove's Organized Noize introduction
7:15 - Organized Noize's first musical memories. Sleep Brown discusses his father, Brick band member Jimmy Brown. Questlove and Sleepy also celebrate Brick's impact, including a piece of Prince history
16:55 - Organized Noize talks about the significance and impact of The Atlanta Child Murders, and the tragedy's impact on culture and creativity
24:30 - Atlanta's unique musical history
28:10 - Organized Noize talk about digging for records to sample
31:40 - How Organized Noize met
40:50 - Questlove offers a mini-history on Breakbeat Lou's Ultimate Breaks & Beats series, and the early days of sampling
45:00 - Questlove Supreme and Organized Noize celebrate late pioneering Hip-Hop musician and producer Larry Smith
48:00 - How Organized Noize dig in the crates and sample differently, as it applies to songs for OutKast, Goodie Mob, and the rest of Dungeon Family
54:00 - Organized Noize recalls Rico Wade's Dungeon studio, and laid out the process to making those incredible songs. There is a reason why Ray Murray is the yoda of Organized Noize
58:00 - Organized Noize reveals that En Vogue's "Don't Let Go (Love)" began as a beat for Cool Breeze as they talk about samplers, technology, and approach to programming beats
1:03:00 - Organized Noize recalls their label housed at Interscope Records, and talk about making albums with Cool Breeze and Witchdoctor
1:10:00 - Questlove recalls the moment he came to properly appreciate OutKast and Organized Noize; the producers discuss the "Player's Ball" remix
1:13:20 - A discussion on why OutKast's "Elevators (Me & You)" defies logic as a bold single for ATLiens
1:18:00 - Organized Noize argues why OutKast's "So Fresh, So Clean" is not a sample. Sleepy Brown shows why
1:21:00 - Part 1 outro
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